Title: Directory Browsing
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Directory Browsing

 *  Resolved [coxy17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coxy17/)
 * (@coxy17)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/directory-browsing/)
 * Hi, You can see the url paths of files in the file directory, i want my customers
   to be able to view images/pdfs etc but how do i prevent them from directory browsing
   as you can see the folders the images are situated in by hovering over a file.
 * Is this something i have to do on the server side or can this be done in wordpress
   or your plugin?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-away/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-away/)

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 *  Plugin Author [thomstark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomstark/)
 * (@thomstark)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/directory-browsing/#post-5813237)
 * Turn on the encryption setting.
 *  Thread Starter [coxy17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coxy17/)
 * (@coxy17)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/directory-browsing/#post-5813259)
 * i already have this enabled but i can still see the image
 * My shortcode
 * [fileaway base=1 manager=”on” directories=true drawerid=1 bulkdownload=”on” metadata
   =”database” flightbox=”multi” type=”table” theme=”minimalist” encryption=”on”]
   [
   fileup base=1 fixedlocation=”true” matchdrawer=1 uploader=”id” maxsize=”1000″]
 * one of the images is like this when i open it using the file-away
 * [http://localhost/intranet/testfiles/Test%20Folder%203/shutterstock_100746409.jpg?boxtype=image&g=false&s=false&s2=false&d=width&w=4992&h=3320&mw=1920&mh=1080](http://localhost/intranet/testfiles/Test%20Folder%203/shutterstock_100746409.jpg?boxtype=image&g=false&s=false&s2=false&d=width&w=4992&h=3320&mw=1920&mh=1080)
 * then i remove the end part and can see the file by url
    [http://localhost/intranet/testfiles/Test%20Folder%203/shutterstock_100746409.jpg](http://localhost/intranet/testfiles/Test%20Folder%203/shutterstock_100746409.jpg)
 * i guess its not working for me?
 *  Plugin Author [thomstark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomstark/)
 * (@thomstark)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/directory-browsing/#post-5813267)
 * Please send me a screenshot so I know what you’re talking about. If you want 
   to load images in the FlightBox, users are always going to be able to find the
   path to the image, it’s in the source code, other the browser would not be able
   to display it. Send me a screenshot to [fileaway.plugin@gmail.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/directory-browsing/fileaway.plugin@gmail.com?output_format=md)
 *  Thread Starter [coxy17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coxy17/)
 * (@coxy17)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/directory-browsing/#post-5813286)
 * Ilk send you one when I get back home. I don’t mind them seeing the path but 
   I don’t want them to use the URL to directory browse if they remove the file 
   name manually and try to explore the folder its in within the browser.
 *  Thread Starter [coxy17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coxy17/)
 * (@coxy17)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/directory-browsing/#post-5813288)
 * I’ll create a visual as its hard to explain.
 *  Plugin Author [thomstark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomstark/)
 * (@thomstark)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/directory-browsing/#post-5813289)
 * If you are using encrypted downloads only, then you can add a htaccess file to
   each file directory with a “deny from all” order. Or you can disable directory
   indexing on your server altogether. Google it for instructions on either strategy.

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